Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Teacher your last day ar?

Today marks the last day of relief teaching at Pioneer Primary School..
With the kids running to me, in singlish " teacher you last day ar?"

Was with the P.3s for chinese periods for a brief story telling (remember GreenPeace?)until the teacher assistant came and informed me of work that has been allocated for them. They are hardworking, admire their determination, had one of them carrying this book with the Chinese words. Thank God the work they had was manageable besides some more difficult words and clarification of meanings. Mr Tan had some difficulty with speaking and writing, oh my. It was quite a time for me as I spoke some mandarin and helped them wherever i could in the Chinese piece of work.

the P.6s that I took were sporting, did forming the longest line with them which they did at such fast speeds. Amazing children. before we left, had to break to them that today was my last day with them. Got them 'hello pandas' as a simple something for them. that came with a story of course.kids being kids, trying to siphon out and extra pack, but usually they return it cos i happened to see it or their classmates do great policing of this matter.

Wanted them to be like this biscuit. It taste good right? but before this ingredients need to be harvested, combined together & placed through the fire to be baked before we can enjoy the fruits of our labour.
Just like them, you are going to face challenges as you prepare for your PSLE, but don't give up, for the things you enjoy after completing it is much better, like the biscuit(:
hope this relief teacher struck something in them.

So the day ends here,saying my byebyes as they lined up for their school buses, or walking out to the gate
.the least I could is to pray for these children. hope to contact with them to encourage them to work hard and pass them bands that i'm gonna start making before i enter National service in September. lots to do, something like 3 classes of 35-40 children.

But Thank God for this experience of working with the primary school peeps, an eye opener, should it be his will, I might return in July or September right before my enlistment.

This is the day that the Lord has made!

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